Analyzing the Antarctic Ozone Hole (College Level)part of Teaching with GIS:Examples College-level adaptation of a chapter in the Earth Exploration Toolbook. Examine satellite images of atmospheric ozone in the Southern Hemisphere to study changes in concentration over a time. -

The Sleeping Mountainpart of Role Playing:Examples In this role-playing scenario, students represent townspeople whose lives and livelihoods are endangered by an active volcano which may or may not erupt in the near future. -

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Geologic Puzzles: Morrison Formationpart of Interactive Lectures:Examples Images of faulted strata, tilted turbidites, and beach rocks bring the field into the classroom, giving students practice in doing what geoscientists do. These images are examples of geologic puzzles. -

Comparing Carbon Calculatorspart of Teaching with Data:Examples Carbon calculators, no matter how well intended as tools to help measure energy footprints, tend to be black boxes and can produce wildly different results, depending on the calculations used to weigh various ...

Metamorphic Rocks Labpart of Indoor Labs:Examples Students are introduced to the processes involved in metamorphism through hands-on study of rock samples. They examine different metamorphic paths, protoliths, textures, and minerals. -

Mock Environmental Summitpart of Role Playing:Examples At the end of a six-week class or unit on global warming, students role-play representatives from various countries and organizations at an international summit on global warming. -

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How Fast Do Materials Weather?part of Interactive Lectures:Examples A think-pair-share activity in which students calculate weathering rates from tombstone weathering data. -